——Excuse me, would you please show me the way to the shop?
——I’m sorry, I’m new here, you may ask the policeman over there.
A. shoe’s B. shoes C. shoe D. shoes’
——Lily is coming by plane tomorrow.
——Let’s go to airport to meet her.
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In the UK. Saturday evenings have always been a popular time for families to watch television together. One of the most popular programmegenresis the talent show, partly because people of all ages are interested in it.
Early shows, like Opportunity Knocks (1965-1978), required people to vote (投栗）for their favorite acts and performers, although in those days voting was done by postcard instead of by telephone, text, or over the Internet. Today, the success of television talent shows has reached a new level. Here are Ihe UK's top three TV talent shows:
The X Factor In this wonderful singing competition, performers have to face a celebrity judge panel (名人裁判组）before the public vote. Many excellent singers became popular because of it. The show is now made all over the world, from China to Colombia.
Strictly Come Dancing—The programme is so fantastic that it attracts many celebrities. They team up with professional (专业的）dancers and come to the dance floor to win the title of Strictly Come Dancing Champion.
Britain's Got Talent — In this modern-day version (版本）of Opportunity Knocks, the public can go and choose from many kinds of acts, from dancing dogs to ice skating. The prize is to perform for the Queen in the Royal Variety of Performance.
1.When did the show Opportunity Knocks begin?
A. In 1965. B. In 1978.
C. In 2015. D. K is not mentioned.
2.If a person loves a skating act, he or she may go to_______.
A. Opportunity Knocks
B. Strictly Come Dancing
C. The X Factor
D. Britain's Got Talent
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The winners of Britain's Got Talent can perform for the Queen.
B. If you want your dog to have a performance, you can go to Britain's Got Talent with it.
C. Opportunity Knocks is still on television now.
D. People of all ages enjoy TV talent shows in UK.
4.The underline word “genres” in the first paragraph means_______.
A. lists B. types C. choices D. expressions
restaurant, friendly, expensive, real, never, far, bad, take, walk, big
Carol’s Cafeteria has the most delicious food, but the food there is also the1.in town. Lenny’s Lunch Bar is not2.from our school. It only 3.about five minutes4.there. My friends and I usually go there, and the food there isn’t 5.bad.
The service of Lenny’s is also 6.than that of Carol’s. In fact, Lenny’s is the friendliest 7.in town. It has the8.hamburgers and the best salad, but their pizza is9.than that in other restaurants. You should10.have pizza at Lenny’s!
—How are you getting along with your English study？
—Much better. I don’t feel it as_______as before.
A. interesting B. much C. difficult D. easy
Emma looked after her pet dog ______ of all her friends.
A. careful B. most careful
C. more carefully D. the most carefully
